Castle Ward Rural District

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Castle Ward Rural District
Northumberland CastleWardRD1971.svg
Area
  190185,124 acres (344.5 km2)
  196182,827 acres (335.2 km2)
  Coordinates 55°03′N1°45′W / 55.05°N 1.75°W / 55.05; -1.75
Area transferred
  19351,597 acres (6.5 km2) to Newcastle upon Tyne
  1935687 acres (2.8 km2) to
  1969456 acres (1.8 km2) to Seaton Valley Urban District
Population
  19019,252
  196124,856
History
  Preceded byCastle Ward Rural Sanitary District
  Origin Local Government Act 1894
  Created1894 (1894)
  Abolished31 March 1974 (1974-03-31)
  Succeeded by
Status Rural district
Government
   HQ Ponteland
   Motto Onward
Contained within
  County Northumberland
  Police force Northumberland Constabulary
External image
Searchtool.svg Coat of Arms of Castle Ward Rural District Council

Castle Ward was a rural district of the administrative county of Northumberland, England, from 1894 to 1974, covering an area north-west of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was named after the historic Castle ward of Northumberland. The council offices were located in Ponteland. [1]

In 1974, under the reforms established by the Local Government Act 1972, most of the district was merged to form part of Castle Morpeth, while the southernmost part joined the metropolitan borough of Newcastle in the new metropolitan county of Tyne & Wear. Castle Ward, one of the modern day electoral wards of the City of Newcastle, takes its name from the district and shares some of its territory, such as in Dinnington. [2]

References

  1. "Northumberland County Council". The London Gazette . No. 46127. 13 November 1973. p. 13502. ...at the office of the Clerk of the Castle Ward Rural District Council, Council Offices, Ponteland,
  2. Local Government Boundary Commission for England (2018). "Castle" (PDF). Newcastle City Council . Retrieved 21 September 2022.